Many people think they need to do Android application development on a phone. This approach has a few drawbacks including:

Many people think they need to do Android application development on a phone. This approach has a few drawbacks including:

* No standard development tools

* No standard development tools

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* Phone must be rooted

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* Phone must be rooted for certain developent

* Schematics for the phone are not available

* Schematics for the phone are not available

* The code may not be completely open

* The code may not be completely open

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Fortunately Linaro has created many images that developers can use to get the boards Linaro supports up and running quickly.

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Fortunately Linaro has created many images that developers can use to get the boards Linaro supports up and running quickly without searching through Wiki's, hanging out on IRC channels to get best-effort support or searching mailing lists.

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These steps have been done against Panda, similar steps will work on Linaro's iMX53, Origen, Beagle, Beagle xM and Snowball.

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These steps have been done against Panda, but the same steps will work on Linaro's iMX53, Origen, Beagle, Beagle xM and Snowball.

Latest revision as of 07:35, 7 November 2011

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Linaro Makes Development Boards Easy to Use

Many people think they need to do Android application development on a phone. This approach has a few drawbacks including:

* No standard development tools
* Phone must be rooted for certain developent
* Schematics for the phone are not available
* The code may not be completely open

Fortunately Linaro has created many images that developers can use to get the boards Linaro supports up and running quickly without searching through Wiki's, hanging out on IRC channels to get best-effort support or searching mailing lists.

These steps have been done against Panda, similar steps will work on Linaro's iMX53, Origen, Beagle, Beagle xM and Snowball.